NHS England

Liz Kendall: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the (a) total budget, (b) total number of staff and (c) budget for staff salaries is for those employed by NHS England but not for NHS England local area teams.

Daniel Poulter: NHS England's total revenue budget for 2013-14 is £95.873 million, of which £2.016 million is to be spent on administration. How all spending is allocated is a matter for NHS England. NHS England has informed us that the administration budget for NHS England, excluding area teams and commissioning support units (its National Support Centre), is £332.2 million.
	As at the end of October 2013, NHS England had 886.15 whole time equivalent staff in post within its National Support Centre.
	The total pay budget for the total agreed staff numbers within the National Support Centre (1,106.48 whole time equivalent) is £75.2 million. There are currently vacancies within this staff structure.

NHS Property Services

Charlotte Leslie: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) communications, (b) press and (c) public relations officers are employed by NHS Property Services; and what the salary is of each officer.

Daniel Poulter: The number of staff with communications responsibilities in their roles in NHS Property Services Ltd (NHS PS) at each Agenda for Change (AfC) pay band are shown in the following table. NHS PS does not employ any specific press or public relations officers; this work is undertaken by the communications staff.
	
		
			 AfC band Salary Number of staff 
			 VSM(1) £130,000-£135,000 1 
			 8c £54,998-£67,805 1 
			 8a £39,239-£47,088 6 
			 7 £30,764-£40,558 1 
			 (1) Very senior manager 
		
	
	These staff transferred into the company from primary care trusts and strategic health authorities on their existing terms and conditions.
	As with all national health service funded organisations, we are looking to further rationalise and reduce back-office costs.

Armed Forces: Recruitment

Kevan Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) regular and (b) reserve forces were recruited to the (i) Army, (ii) Royal Navy and (iii) RAF in the last year for which figures are available by region.

Philip Dunne: The information requested for financial year (FY) 2012-13 is set out in the following table(1). This will give an indication of the geographical spread of recruitment but does not provide a comprehensive picture of where these individuals may reside as they may not always apply to join the Services through their nearest Careers Office, and may choose other means by which to apply.
	
		
			 Region Naval Service Army Royal Air force 
			 Scotland 190 840 90 
			 North West 400 1,360 160 
			 North East 350 1,560 200 
			 Wales 160 650 90 
			 West Midlands 200 880 120 
			 East 420 1,490 250 
			 South East 420 830 120 
			 South West 480 690 250 
			 London 130 530 60 
			 Northern Ireland 50 270 10 
			 Totals 2,800 9,100 1,350 
		
	
	Regular Army officers are not recruited regionally, but centrally, and for the period in question there were some 680 recruited. The figures for the recruitment of the reserves for FY 2012-13 are not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
	(1) Rounding. When rounding to the nearest 10, numbers ending in “5” have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.